May 25, 2023 - Sale 2638

Sale 2638 - Lot 120

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 4,000
MARCOS DIMAS (B. 1943, PUERTO RICAN)
Animistas, (Portfolio of five prints).

Hand pulled Intaglio prints, 2022. Each signed, titled, dated, and numbered, from an edition of five portfolios. Titled, kicks Iron Spits Fire Gallo y Asabache Schomburg Curates Monument to Lovers, and America Came from Nothing, respectively. 660x501 mm; 26x19 3/4 inches, sheet of each.

The title, Animistas, (animism), is the belief that natural objects, natural phenomena and the universe itself possess souls.

Earning a film degree from WNET Film and Television School and a fine arts degree from the School of Visual Arts, NY, Marcos Dimas is well versed in film, painting, sculpting and print making. He was a co-founder of El Taller Boricua, NY. His works are in the collections of: Museo del barrio, NY; the Museo de arte Contemporario, Ponce PR; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.. Dimas is currently Executive Director of Taller Boricua, NY.